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US AG Holder visits Guantanamo as part of Justice Department review
US Attorney General Eric Holder [official website; JURIST news archive] visited the Guantanamo Bay military prison on Monday as part of a Department of Justice (DOJ) review of the suspended military commission system established to try the detaine (More) |
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Pentagon releases Guantanamo detainee treatment review
The US Department of Defense Monday officially released its anticipated report [text, PDF; JURIST report] on detainee treatment at Guantanamo Bay in compliance with President Barack Obama's January 22 executive order mandating the review . As (More) |
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Former Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed returns to UK
Released Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed [BBC profile, JURIST news archive] was returned to the UK on Monday after being held for nearly seven years. Mohamed had immigrated from Ethiopia to the UK prior to his arrest, and it is not yet known (More) |
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Iraq reopens Abu Ghraib prison with promises to follow international standards
The Iraqi government has reopened the prison formerly called Abu Ghraib [CBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive], promising to operate the prison by international standards and allow inspections by humanitarian groups. In a tour for members of the me (More) |
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Guantanamo meets Geneva Convention requirements: Pentagon report
A report prepared for the Pentagon by US Navy Admiral Patrick Walsh has concluded that the Guantanamo Bay detention center meets the requirements of the Geneva Conventions , according to Friday statements from US officials who have reviewed the d (More) |
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UK Guantanamo detainee to be returned soon: Foreign Office
The UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) said Friday that the US has agreed to return UK resident and Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] to the country as soon as his transfer can be arranged. (More) |
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Sweden court grants asylum to former Uighur Guantanamo detainee
Sweden's Migration Court on Wednesday granted [judgment, PDF, in Swedish; press release, in Swedish] asylum to former Uighur Guantanamo Bay detainee Adil Hakimjan , also known as Adel Abdu Al-Hakim. The decision overruled a previous ruling by (More) |
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DC Circuit rules against release of Uighur Guantanamo detainees into US
A panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Wednesday reversed an October district court order [opinion and order, PDF; JURIST report] that would have provided for the release of 17 Uighur Guantanamo Bay detainees into the US. Lawye (More) |
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Omar Khadr: Release, Repatriation, and Remedies
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Gail Davidson, Executive Director of Lawyers Rights Watch Canada, says that Canada and the US are duty-bound to act immediately to ensure that Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr is released and repatriated, his (More) |
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Obama Administration must define 'enemy combatant' consistent with traditional laws of war
Gabor Rona [International Legal Director, Human Rights First]: "For some rule-of-law fans the toasting is over and it's already the morning after. The new administration's recent decision to continue the Bush line that torture victims (More) |
Watergate burglars arrested for DNC break-in
On June 17, 1972, James McCord, security director of President Richard Nixon's re-election committee, and four Cuban-Americans are arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee Headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, DC.
Learn more about the Watergate scandal.
